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#7 The Hacker News general October 08, 2026 at 14:12 UTC

ARTEX AI Pentesting Tool Used in Data Theft Attacks on South Korean Financial Firms

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

CrowdStrike Intelligence tracked a targeted campaign against South Korean financial organizations from late September to early October 2026 that leveraged ARTEX, an AI-powered penetration testing tool, to conduct and automate data exfiltration. The abuse of legitimate offensive AI tooling for real attacks marks a notable escalation in adversary tradecraft against the financial sector.

Read full article → https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/artex-ai-pentest…

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